Monica Huggett – additional discography

Suites 2,3 & 4 are presented in reconstructions that attempt to re-create the original versions. The music is essentially the same, but scored differently.

Monica Huggett’s .. textures are clear, so that every line of counterpoint can be heard, and the playing is so enthusiastic that every line sounds like a melody. Her tempos are a bit on the fast side but the articulation is so clean that this sounds wholly natural…..this disc deserves to be heard by any admirer of Bach’s music. – All Music Guide.

Of all the recordings now available of Biber…this [is] by far and away the most spectacular, exuberant, colourful and downright ravishing of them all. Huggett positively revels in the virtuosity of Biber’s original…Huggett’s beautifully crafted performance of the complex and, at times, profoundly moving solo Passacaglia rounds off what is a matchless recording from every perspective. – International Record Review, 2004

With the tonal sweetness of Huggett’s three violins resonating pleasingly through the many double- and multiple-stoppings and her bowing demonstrating a delicious lightness and freedom, she admirably displays her eloquent command of Biber’s sublime and richly symbolic language. Huggett’s [approach] is ravishing in its sonorities, her supporting cast adding significantly to the exotic sounds of the various scordaturas and the overall effect of her intelligent, stylish and expressive playing. – The Strad Magazine, November 2004

Sonnerie’s violins dance nimbly or swoon deliciously in Handel’s rich, graceful melodies. Their attractive tone is both astringent and sweet, luminous and full of shadows … their recorded sound is also impressively lucid … this disc far outshines the competition. – International Record Review, Mar 2004

If you want to have some idea what Mozart’s violin concerti sounded like during his lifetime, you can’t go wrong by purchasing this impressive, yet inexpensive two-cd collection of violinist Monica Huggett leading the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. These performances are simply revelatory, showing the textural richness of Mozart’s scores that are often lost when played by modern instrument ensembles and more exuberant soloists – Reviewer

…despatched with effortless ease by Monica Huggett, whose smoothly elegant playing is both untroubled by the music’s technical demands and happily enhanced by the gentle and spacious acoustic of The Maltings, Snape. – Gramophone, May 1994